#D8C949#D8C949

#D8C949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.146 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C949
RGB	rgb(216, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -9.49, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 63.98, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0318 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.146 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4102, 56.8553, 14.6209)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C949 #4958D8

analogous

#D88249 #D8C949 #A0D849

triadic

#D8C949 #49D8C9 #C949D8

tetradic

#D8C949 #49D882 #4958D8 #D849A0

square

#D8C949 #49D882 #4958D8 #D849A0

split-complementary

#D8C949 #49A0D8 #8249D8

monochromatic

#897E1D #BCAC28 #D8C949 #E3D87B #EEE7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D8C949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#D8C949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C949

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C949	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.146 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d982',
    500: '#d8c949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c949;
$custom-light: #e7d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82518,
    "c": 0.14596,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C949

secondary

#363F8F

accent

#52E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C949

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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